Wally
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning foreigner; welsh; a diminutive of Wallace or Walter.
Wally by the numbers
Wally was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 185 babies in 1959, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Walter
Like Wally, each of these traces back to Walter: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Wally. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Wally
Names that are said the same way as Wally, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Waliprotector, guardian, saint27 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a traveller
Like Wally, each of these has a traveller in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Fernandobold voyager; adventurous journey1,139 in the US (2017)
- Romeopilgrim to Rome260 in England and Wales (2025)
- Fernandabold voyager; feminine form of Ferdinand732 in the US (2017)
- Palmerpalm bearer; pilgrim to Holy Land424 in the US (2017)
- Tripptraveler; one who takes trips363 in the US (2017)
- Wallaceforeigner; Welsh person; from Old English Wealh196 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Wally
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